The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program)

Considered one of the Midwest's leading, professional equity theaters that presents both regional and world premieres featuring the area's finest artists, Theatre at the Center kicks off its 25th Anniversary 2015 season with the beloved classic, Ernest Thompson's ON GOLDEN POND. The touching, funny, and warmly insightful story, which went from a Tony Award-winning play on Broadway to an Oscar winning film starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda, runs February 26 through March 29, with a press opening on Sunday, March 1 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster. The theater's Artistic Director William Pullinsi directs ON GOLDEN POND, which stars Chicago veterans Dennis Kelly as...

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